English: Operation Chastise (the Dambusters' Raid) 16 - 17 May 1943
Front view of a scale model of the Moehne Dam photographed in 1954. The model was constructed in 1941 at the Garston Building Research Station. Built to facilitate the testing of underwater explosive devices, it was 1/50th scale of the actual target.
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Central Office of Information Post 1945 Official Collection
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Royal Air Force
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Moehne Reservoir, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Associated events
Operation Chastise 1943, Germany, Second World War
Associated themes
Aerial Warfare, Great Britain post-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
Associated keywords
Aerial Warfare, Research & Development
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